1. Purpose. To transmit a request for public comment on an extension of an existing Information Collection Request (ICR), which will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, concerning procedures for classifying labor surplus areas exceptional circumstances reporting.

4. Action. Program administrators are requested to share this Information Alert with appropriate staff and other agencies and are invited to comment, on or before September 7, 2004, to the individual named in the Addresses section of the Federal Register attachment.